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Marysville police investigating gunshots that injured man

The Marysville man, 62, suffered a wound to his left knee and was treated at a hospital.

Project Roxy is a proposed 2.8 million square foot distribution center that would be built on a 75-acre parcel at the Cascade Industrial Center. The rendering depicts the proposed project at 4620 172nd Street in Arlington from a northwest perspective.

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1,000 jobs: Amazon to open distribution center in Arlington

The company is the tenant behind Project Roxy, a $355 million building at the Cascade Industrial Center.

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Marysville Pilchuck High School cafeteria to be demolished

Eventually, a memorial is expected to be placed there to commemorate the lives lost in October 2014.

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District response to Marysville death threats to be evaluated

A third-part investigator is set to complete the review, the Marysville School District said Monday.

JJ Frank, alongside his wife Patrice Frank, speaks out against racist death threats at Comeford Park in Marysville on April 3, 2021. (Zachariah Bryan / The Herald)

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‘Enough is enough,’ Marysville father says of racist threats

JJ Frank demanded death threats in the Marysville School District be taken more seriously.

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Hate crime charges recommended in Marysville racist threat

It was the second reported threat of violence targeting minorities in Marysville schools in two months.

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Marysville school leaders take heat over racist death threats

The district responded in a letter, saying the accused teens no longer have contact with their peers.

Four people lost their housing early Sunday morning after a fire damaged three units at a mobile home park in Marysville. (Marysville Fire District)

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Marysville mobile home park fire displaces four residents

They escaped injury when fire spread among three mobile homes early Sunday.

Jason Thompson (Marysville School District)

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Marysville schools chief out on medical leave; interim named

Superintendent Jason Thompson exited March 19. Meanwhile, a school board position may soon open.

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Police probe racial threats made to Marysville classmates

The Snohomish County chapter of the NAACP urges the incident be investigated as a hate crime.

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Longtime Marysville teacher accused of sex abuse in 1980s

A former student, now 49, alleges Kurt Hollstein began grooming her in eighth grade. He is now on…

Douglas Roulstone pins a World War II Victory Medal on Bob Peterson, a 93-year-old Navy veteran, with his daughters Cheri Peterson (left) and Susie Schmidt Sunday afternoon at the VFW in Everett on March 14, 2021. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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‘We could be no prouder’ as veteran gets WWII Victory Medal

“Bob Peterson Day” was declared in Marysville as the 93-year-old Navy vet was honored.

Blake Lewis, 7, at Bush Point where he threw a message in a bottle out to sea. Ruth Smethers later picked it up in Port Townsend. Photo provided by Jessie Lewis

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Marysville woman finds message in bottle and its young sender

The 7-year-old sent the message from Whidbey Island. The woman found it while visiting Port Townsend.

DeJohn Ward (in cellphone photo) died by suicide in 2015 at age 19. His parents, Steve and Sabrie Taylor, shown here in 2016, are starting a Love Don’t Judge scholarship in his memory for Marysville Pilchuck High School students. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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$2,000 MPHS scholarship memorializes a teen suicide victim

The parents of DeJohn Ward, who died in 2015, have been helping kids through their “Love Don’t Judge”…

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Chaotic, wrong-way, 100 mph I-5 chase ends with no injuries

The lengthy pursuit went from Arlington to Everett to Lynnwood. Sparks flew as the suspect drove on shredded…

The view from the balcony of the stage and open floor space in the renovated Marysville Opera House. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Like a sign of normalcy, Marysville Opera House opens again

A year after it closed, the historic building is once again available to rent, with a new sprinkler…

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Drug possession is illegal again, so far only in Marysville

After the state Supreme Court ruled a state statute unconstitutional, Marysville made its own law.

Jim Lawless

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Chief Lawless resigns in Edmonds to take a job in Marysville

He had been with the department for more than 25 years, serving as interim chief since December 2019.

Carole G. Barton, teacher and author of 'The Friendship Adventure'  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Life

Snohomish woman’s new book fulfills a promise to her mother

“The Friendship Adventure” teaches children about working together and problem-solving.

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Every city may get a tax break used by Arlington, Marysville

It’s helped bring businesses to the two cities, so lawmakers want to make it available statewide.